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Thai army’s offer to help Philippines against IS sparks criticism
The Royal Thai Army said it is ready to send troops to the restive city of Marawi on Mindanao plagued by Islamic State terrorists...
Singapore on highest terror alert level, ISIS named biggest threat
A new report by Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs released on June 1 noted that the terrorism threat to the city state reached the...
Islamist extremism reaches Myanmar
Myanmar police said on November 26 that they arrested three Muslims for planting home-made bombs around Yangon and were investigating their links to what...
Singapore remains on alert over Islamist attacks
The foiled plot by Indonesian terror suspects to launch a rocket from the island of Batam to Marina Bay in Singapore was only the...
Security increased for Suu Kyi after ISIS threat
The Myanmar government is stepping up security for State Counselor and Foreign Affairs Minister Aung San Suu Kyi after her name appeared on a...
Islamist attacks rattle Southeast Asia as Ramadan ends
A series of attacks allegedly or admittedly committed by radical Islamists shook Southeast Asia in the last week of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month...
Beheading of Canadian fuels “iron fist” approach towards extremists in Philippines
The beheading of a Canadian hostage by Muslim extremists of Abu Sayyaf group gives presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte a particular special position to underline...
Indonesia concerned about growing “jihad piracy”
The Indonesian government expressed concerns about increasing Islamist-related piracy on a shipping route along its sea border with the Philippines across the Sulu and...
Suicide bombing terror back in Southeast Asia – Islamic State claims responsibility
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a Starbucks cafe in downtown Jakarta on January 14 while gunmen attacked a police post nearby, next...
Philippine southern militants form “Islamic State province”
Four Islamic militant groups in the southern Philippines have apparently joined forces to create a satellite of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia, making...
Security fears ahead of APEC meeting after Paris attacks
The Philippines, this year host of the high-profile summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Manila on November 18-19, said it put its...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...